Happy Pub Day to all of these new books!
What books are you most excited for this week?
Title: Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday (Megabat #4)
Author: Anna Humphrey, Kass Reich (illustrator)
Genre: Children’s
Publisher: Tundra Books
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Format: Ebook
Release Date: March 2, 2021
Rating: ★★★★★
It’s Daniel’s birthday, and Megabat wants to join in all the fun, but his excitement gets the best of him and suddenly the birthday celebrations are on the brink of disaster. The next laugh-out-loud book in this sweet and funny chapter book series featuring a talking bat.
Daniel isn’t in the birthday party mood. He hates his new glasses — they’re dorky, and he feels silly in them.
Megabat LOVES Daniel’s new face windows! They make him dizzy and his tummy feel funny. And he loves parties even more!
Daniel starts planning his party, and things are looking up — all of his friends are excited, and he has some fun games planned. Plus: presents!
Megabat’s party excitement is losing steam. He has to hide the whole time. He can’t eat any of the delicious buttermelon. And he can’t participate in any games, even though it’s the thing he wants most in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
When Megabat loses his temper and breaks Daniel’s best birthday gift, he realizes he’s been a bad friend and gives Daniel what he thinks is the best possible gift: he runs away. But being alone in the big, wide, world is harder than he thought. Kass Reich’s adorable illustrations paired with Anna Humphrey’s hilarious text make for another unforgettable Megabat adventure, one that will appeal to Megabat fans and newcomers!
Megabat is Daniel’s talking pet bat. It’s Daniel’s birthday and Megabat is excited because he’s never been to a birthday party. The problem is that no one else knows about Megabat, so he can’t take part in the party with Daniel’s friends. Megabat takes out his anger by breaking Daniel’s birthday present and running away. However, Megabat quickly realizes life isn’t as easy or fun without Daniel.
When I saw a Megabat book about a birthday coming out, I knew I had to review it on my birthday! I love Megabat. This is the third Megabat book that I’ve read and they keep getting better each time.
I don’t like bats as animals (I’ve had a couple of bats find their way into my house in the night and that wasn’t fun!) but I love Megabat! He’s not like regular bats because he can speak. He often gets his words mixed up and uses them incorrectly, which is so cute. He says “mine” and “yours” instead of “I” and “you.” One of my favourite Megabat phrases was “face windows.” I didn’t know what that meant at first, but then Daniel started talking about his glasses. I think “face windows” is such a cute way to describe eyeglasses!
This is such a fun series! I highly recommend it for young readers!
Thank you Penguin Random House Canada for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Have you read Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday? What did you think of it?
This blog meme is hosted by Book Date. It is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile!
This weekend I finished Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday by Anna Humphrey and Kass Reich (illustrator).
I’m currently reading Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare.
Next I will be reading A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas.
What are you guys reading this week? Have you read any of these books?
I was chosen to receive the Once Upon a Book Club Box in November 2020 from the Book Club VIP program. This was my first box from OUABC and it was awesome!
This book subscription is special because there are gifts that you open while you’re reading. Each gift corresponds to something that is mentioned on a page in the book. When you get to the pages with a corresponding gift, there is a sticky note reminding you to open your gift. This makes the reading experience so fun!
The book was Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. My review of the book can be found here.
These are the items from the box.
Two teabags from Jaf Tea bags.
A polkadot travel case and a luggage tag with a quote from the book.
A mini bluetooth speaker that looks like a vintage radio.
A magnifying glass and a photo of two characters from the end of the book.
This was such a fun subscription box! I will definitely be getting another one in the future.
If you’d like to purchase something from Once Upon a Book Club use my discount code Jemmett10 to get 10% off anything on the site!
Thank you Once Upon a Book Club for providing a subscription box in exchange for a review.
Do you get any subscription boxes? Which ones are your favourite?
Here are my reviews for the week with my ratings:
I did 9 weekly blogging memes:
How was your week? What did you guys read?
The meme that dares to ask what book has been in your bed this morning? Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up reading in bed, or which book you wish you had time to read today! This meme is hosted by Midnight Book Girl.
This Sunday I’m reading Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2) by Cassandra Clare.
In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street—and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa’s powers for his own dark ends.
With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move—and that one of their own has betrayed them.
Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, but her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will—the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.
What book are you in bed with today?
This meme is hosted by Steph at A little but a lot. The weekly prompts for 2019 can be found here.
This week’s prompt is Books That Made You FEEL. Here’s my list:
(All book covers from Goodreads)
Did you make a Six for Sunday list?
Title: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2)
Author: Julia Quinn
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Avon Books
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
Release Date: December 5, 2000
Rating: ★★★★★
1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London’s most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better…
–Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1814
But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry–he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended’s older sister, Kate Sheffield–the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate’s the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams…
Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes to not make the best husbands–and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Kate’s determined to protect her sister–but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. And when Anthony’s lips touch hers, she’s suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself…
Anthony Bridgerton is the most eligible bachelor of the season. He’s finally decided to marry, but he knows he will never love his wife. He has chosen to court Edwina Sheffield, but her sister Kate keeps getting in the way. Kate is concerned with making sure her sister finds a good husband, not a rake like Anthony. To keep him away from her sister, Kate ends up spending more time with Anthony. When they suddenly kiss, neither of them can think about anything else and they have to be together.
This story followed a very similar plot to The Duke and I. The hero didn’t want to fall in love, but he ends up in a situation where he had to marry the heroine. Anthony also let his father’s life and death dictate his choices, just like Simon did in the previous book. Anthony’s father died in his late thirties, so he believed he would not live past that age. Both men had to come to terms with the fact that they had to live their own lives, without worrying about following in their fathers’ footsteps.
I didn’t find that Lady Whistledown’s articles commented on the events of the story as much as in the previous novel. A couple of times she said that she wasn’t at certain events, but she would report on them anyway. She guessed at what was happening between Anthony and Kate, rather than reporting on what she knew was happening. There were a few hints as to her identity, and since I know who she is, I loved seeing these hints.
This was another great Bridgerton novel!
Have you read The Viscount Who Loved Me? What did you think of it?
This is a weekly meme hosted Devouring Books. This week’s prompt is Books with a Family Relationship in the Title (Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, etc.). Here’s my list:
(All book covers from Goodreads)
If you’d like to do this list too, consider yourself tagged!
Did you make a Top 5 Saturday list?
Title: Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women
Author: Rebel Girls
Genre: Children’s, Nonfiction
Publisher: Rebel Girls
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Format: Ebook
Release Date: January 26, 2021
Rating: ★★★★★
Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women celebrates the incredible and inspiring stories of 25 women leaders in politics, business, sports, activism, and more, all written in fairy tale form. It is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series.
Reach for new heights with Vice President Kamala Harris. Organize voter registration with Stacey Abrams. Spread messages of kindness with Lady Gaga. And captain a team of Olympic gymnasts with Aly Raisman.
This collection of 25 stories includes the most beloved stories of leadership from the first three volumes of the New York Times best-selling series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. And also features 11 brand new tales of women’s activism, bravery, and vision.
Rebel Girls Lead celebrates the leadership of women from Michelle Obama to Malala Yousafzai. It is illustrated by female artists from around the world.
This book tells the stories of 25 different women leaders in the world. These women include politicians like Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, and Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand. There were also entertainers, such as Lady Gaga, and athletes, such as Aly Raisman. Each of these women made an impact on their communities and the world.
I wasn’t familiar with some of the women in this book, so I learned a lot. Rigoberta Menchú Tum fought for equal rights in Guatemala, and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Pat Summitt was a basketball player and coach, who had the most wins of any coach in NCAA basketball history when she retired in 2012. I’m glad that kids today will learn about these extraordinary women, because I didn’t know about them when I was growing up.
It’s so important to have books that celebrate what women can do. Many of these women weren’t born into lives of privilege, so they became successful leaders by working hard and defying the odds. These women prove that anyone can follow their dreams and make a difference in the world.
This is a great book!
Thank you Rebel Girls for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Have you read Rebel Girls Lead? What did you think of it?
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